Place to see: The Frank Slide, Crowsnest Pass, Canada
picnicking by the Frank Slide
When Turtle Mountain collapsed in 1903, it took with it the railway line and a good portion of the population of Frank, Alberta. Today, over 100 years later, it is the site of an interpretive centre, complete with a small picnic ground.
About this place:
On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m., the side of Turtle Mountain collapsed, sending 74 million tonnes of rock hurtling over the mining town of Frank, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass through the Canadian Rockies. Today enough of the slide has been cleared to allow the railway to pass through again, along with a modern highway, and visitors to the slide can learn more and view the full extent of the slide from an interpretive centre.
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, CA
Telephone: (403) 562-7388
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Discovered by Stephanie Fysh
on 12 January 2008.
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